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On October 31, 2015, metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board. The year's #1 song was "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars. Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 31, 2015
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia. On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST, the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia. All 224 passengers and crew on board were killed, making it the deadliest plane crash to involve an Airbus A320 and the deadliest to occur in Egypt.
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2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
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Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia. On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST, the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt, en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia. All 224 passengers and crew on board were killed, making it the deadliest plane crash to involve an Airbus A320 and the deadliest to occur in Egypt.
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